personal

/ˈpɜɹ.sə.nəl/
adjectivenoun

Pertaining to persons (human beings as opposed to things or animals).

NWL Collins ENABLE

Adjective 3 meanings

  1. Pertaining to persons (human beings as opposed to things or animals).

  2. Of or pertaining to a particular person; relating to, or affecting, an individual, or each of many individuals

    “personal values; personal desire”

  3. Dealing with subjects about which one wishes (or people usually wish) to maintain privacy or discretion; not for public view; sensitive, intimate.

    “personal reasons”

Noun 2 meanings

  1. An advertisement by which an individual attempts to meet others with similar interests.

  2. One's own property or asset

Definitions: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA) via Kaikki/Wiktextract

Where it comes from

Etymology

From Middle English personal, personele, from Anglo-Norman personel, personal, personell, Old French personal, personel, from Late Latin persōnālis (“of a person, personly”), equivalent to person + -al. Doublet of personnel.

PERSONAL at a glance

PERSONAL has 8 letters and scores 10 points in Scrabble (P 3 + E 1 + R 1 + S 1 + O 1 + N 1 + A 1 + L 1) and 13 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #609 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.

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